I use a piece of tape to hold them from falling out but there has to be a better way. The orifices usually have a small groove in the top, like it there for purpose, but I haven't came across a tool that will grip them.

When I resize orifices, I put them in a small vise. I use my orifice drill bits to determine the orifice size. I drill them out using a quarter inch drill bit and plug them with a quarter inch blank using a ballpeen hammer. Then I use my orifice drill bits to resize the hole 10 sizes smaller than the nat gas measurement. I charged $5 per orifice. I do not do that now nor do I make reuseable aluminum mesh filters anymore for kitchens; although I was told once that I was the only one in 5 states that could make them. I make range hood filters. Anywhere from 1/8th inch thick hood filters for home to 2 inch filters for commercial kitchens(any width). Aluminum mesh filter for HVAC was also a specialty of mine. Don't do neither anymore, retired. LOL

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the newer ranges generally come with a kit to convert them to propane. So no need to resize them , but you have to take the NG orifice out and put the propane orifices in. That when I usually drop one or two inside the range.

That's why I am looking for a better tool or process to do the changing out.

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Most of my customers never see me do this, but when I have to install some of thise little brass orifices deep in a cooktop, I generally pop a fresh piece of chewing gum in my mouth before proceeding. I found that a tiny dab of gum in the egde of the driver hold the brass orifice in place just fine until you can thread it onto the orifice holder. As long as you don't get the gum in the orifice, it works great every time.